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A safari in Africa can be one of the great
highlights of our lives, and Simon Combes has lived his life on one. He
is one of the finest painters of wildlife alive and with this book makes
his mark as a writer as well. The story of his life contained in this
volume is an enthralling one: the son of an expatriate raised in colonial
Kenya, a military career that spanned both sides of that nation's independence,
a safari guide and artist with an eye for the adventure that is Africa.
Simon's art has been published by the The
Greenwich Workshop since 1980. AN AFRICAN EXPERIENCE: Wildlife Art and Adventure in Kenya by Simon Combes Foreward by David Shepherd More than 80 full color images Hardcover - 144 pages (1990) 9 7/16" x 12 1/8"; ISBN: 1-85310-124-9 $29.95 US; $49.95 CDN |
| For adventures, travelers and those who just love the Discovery Channel
from a comfortable chair—have we got a story for you! Combes' newest
book details his adventurers tracking nine of the world's biggest feline
predators in their native environments—including Mongolia, Nepal,
South America and even Idaho. Combes wanted wild models for the book's
paintings; big cats kept in zoos lose muscle tone and a vitality that
is only seen in their counterparts that are free to hunt and roam. |
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| One of these wild cats is the subject of a giclée
that accompanies the book—a young leopard Combes saw in the Aberdare
Mountains National Park in Kenya.
"After searching in vain for the elusive tigers that prowl through
the thick, snow-clad forests of Siberia, Simon Combes realized that
his dream to paint the world's great exotic cats would not be as easy
as he hoped His travels resulted in a new book, "Great Cats: Stories
and Art from a World Traveler," replete with exquisite portraits
of his rare subjects - from a cougar softly paddling through the wintry
winderness of Idaho to a Bengal tiger lurking in a bamboo jungle in
India. The paintings are accompanied by Combes' engaging, sometimes
comical insights on the local color and inhabitants of the places he
visited." - Christian Science Monitor GREAT CATS: Stories and Art from a World Traveler by Simon Combes Full color throughout Hardcover - 168 pages (1998) 11" x 10"; ISBN: 0-86713-048-2 $35 US; $55 CDN |
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